✿Convolvulaceae · Cressa
Rudravanti / Crete Alkaliweed
Cressa cretica
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- May-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cressa cretica
- Genus
- Cressa
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Sandy plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Distribution
- Xeric tropical zones of both hemispheres
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-August
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rudravanti itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruits are ovoid, pointed capsules, usually containing a single seed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rudravanti itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- रुद्रवंती rudravanti
- Tamil
- உப்புசணக uppucanaka, உப்பு மரிக்கொழுந்து
- Telugu
- ఉప్పుగడ్డి uppugaddi, ఉప్పుసెనగ uppusenaga
- Kannada
- ಮುಳ್ಳುಮದ್ದುಗಿಡ mullumaddugida
- Malayalam
- azhukanni, അഴുകണ്ണി
- Marathi
- लोण lona, रुद्रवंती rudravanti
About Rudravanti
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Crete Alkaliweed (Cressa cretica) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 3 other states. It grows in sandy plains. Flowering and fruiting run from May to August.
Botanical family
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Rudravanti belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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